Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1887-03-07
THE GREAT OF THE YEAR
VIII the Styles there Displayed be
Next Seasons Fashions?

Next Seasons Fashions?
NEW YORK, March 5.-The greatest
bail Of the year was the Arion at the
Metropolitan Opera House last Thurs
day. was there, but distinctly want
1t understood by the 1900 others who
were p!essnt that was NOT one of the
W0mGn "ho atnscSed their staring.
Tiers Were several kinds there that
WAS not one Oh In eXpiaaatiou l can
ohil say that l. was masked ball and
some OF the women wore SO sensational
That they prsTarrId to keep on their
masks a.; the lime rather than have their
fsoes s9Sn. ! beard one spl,efal man say
:hat he tDoa2nt they kept their masks
on heoruse :: tnsy TOOK aayt5ina more or
lucy would be PIT cut. l was sinply II
iooker GA TON Gre OF the first Tier OF
boxes. AS it WAS estimated that at
least ons-.hird OF tie people present were
MOE folk4, he'd my glol.ud aud stayed
uuSu 40; Sc sleepy l could hevN Go9e TO
bed IL bass drum and not have been
awakened II the drumMef was beating II.
am glad wsnt, fer 1 saw 4 couple OF
Thousand Of tie most dressy women IN
tUTD-p0J leaders OF TIE fashion, but
pushere and rullelS of it, VINO ain! to be
AZ snowy and daring as possible, and
drop style rs too tame the Instant that
the real leaders adopt IL. These are ie-
speotaoie women, OILY E"c always
enough so tG make them uncomE0vtRGle-
brewers wives, actors ~ivss, actresses
and members Of all Lbat ease tEat makes
money very eAsily, Where REAL ladies'
would choose 80 De uuObServsd these
mothers ana rnaidana atm 10 To talked
about. 70 look Al them d. los ball was
like seeing the fashions nearly year
ahead.
The FIRST bis OF news sorted out of all
that my deyourlng eyes took in was that
smelling salts have had thsir day. Thore
was not 4 vinaigrette in thJ house. Tue
lorgnette, or long-nan6le0 eyeRlass, has
driven them out. Thai WAS 10 be expect
ed. Fashion can do many things, but 1t
can't give lady a thirQ hand. 1 don't
know what hand it is that the lovers are
always woolng the ladies for In the nov
els, but outside Of BOwery museum j
never saw one OF my sex with three
hands, and yet ] know very well that the
gentlemen don't ask tor either the
right or the left, because if the average
man knew there were two he would ask
for both. But OF the two visible, physi-
cal, lily-whiIe palms that we are en-
dowed with, one must be free to handle
change, to hold programme, to tltly0te
our hair and to Offer to our escorts, and
the ether we needed iOr the smelling bot
tie. When the lOrgnette came IN, there
fore, the bottle had to go. Good riddanca
10 it! 1t was taking the power Of smell
out OF our noses. The next thing / OBJ
served was the fulness of the latest
skirts. They take yard and hall more
than they did last iall, aud they conceal
bustles that are very suggestive OF the
return Of criGOllne. Conceal, did sayl
Well, l can't cOnseientiously speak Of
what they concealed while their wear
ers were dancing. But for every use ex-
cept IN ballroom they are admirable.
They permit more effective draping OF
the overskjrt and swing free of the feet,
which we will ali consider a blessing
when we wear them,
But the sensation OF the occasion was
IN tie lowness OF the decollette dresses.
Upon my word, | am proud of my sex,
but if such dresses as these show what
we are coming toll beg you to retire your
correspondent on ice till the fashion goes
out. / have seen the portraits OF most of
the titled leaders OF ashion in Europe in
full dress, and their bodices often display
great deal OF neck with the underdress.
ing SO arranged that nothing except neck
and chest shall be apparent. But These
women, On the contrary, were the highest
stays obtalnaDle underneath the lowest
cGt corsages. lean leave the effect to the
readers imagination, which ~ exactly
what these ladies did not DC. A. l.. w.